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French Cuirassier Regiments and the Colonels who Led
Them: 1792 to 1815
Part II: 8 - 14 Regiments
By Tony
Broughton, FINS
Some of the hardest fighting units of Napoleon's Grande
Armee were his cuirassier regiments. Theirs is a
distinguished record in all the major campaigns between 1792
and 1815
8e Regiment de Cuirassiers.
Created in 1665 from Regiment de Villequier which had
been originaly formed in 1638 and named Cuirassiers du Roi.
1791 saw the Regiment renamed the 8e Regiment de Cavalerie
and finally becoming the 8e Regiment de Cuirassiers in
1803
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1792: Randon de Pully (Charles-Joseph) - Colonel
1792: De la Marliere (Albert-Victor-Marie Desprez) -
Colonel
1795: Dore (Jean-Baptiste) - Chef-de-Brigade
1796: Espagne (Jean-Louis-Brigette) -
Chef-de-Brigade
1799: Merlin (Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel) - Chef-de-Brigade
and later Colonel in 1803
1805: Grandjean - Colonel
1813: Lafaivre (Louis-Jean-Claude-Clement) -
Colonel
1815: Garavaque - Colonel
Of the above Officers four attained the rank of
General de Brigade and above.
Randon de Pully, (Charles-Joseph)
Born: 18 August 1751
Colonel: 25 February 1792
General-de-Brigade: 19 September 1792
General-de-Division: 8 March 1793
Member of the Legion d'Honneur: 7 December 1803
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 23 March
1814
Count of the Empire: 15 August 1809
Died: 20 April 1820
De la Marliere, (Albert-Victor-Marie
Desprez)
Born: 23 October 1745
Colonel: 19 September 1792
General-de-Brigade: 13th June 1795
Died: 18 December 1825
Espagne, (Jean-Louis-Brigette)
Born: 16 February 1769
Chef-de-Brigade: 16 December 1796.
General-de-Brigade: 10 July 1799
General-de-Division: 1 February 1805
Member of the Legion d'Honneur: 11 December 1803
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 11 July
1807
Count of the Empire: April 1808
Died: 21 May 1809
Merlin, (Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel)
Born: 17 April 1768
Chef-de-Brigade: 20 November 1799
Colonel: 24 September 1803
General-de-Brigade: 5 June 1809
Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur: 11 December
1803
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Baron of the Empire: 28 January 1809
Died: 27 January 1842
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 8e
Regiment de Cuirassiers.
Colonel Dore: Killed 6 August 1796.
Colonel Merlin: Wounded 21/22 May 1809
Colonel Grandjean: Wounded 7 September 1812
Colonel Lefaivre: Wounded 30 October 1813
Colonel Garavaque: Wounded 16 June 1815
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 8e
Cuirassiers during the period 1805-1815.
Officers killed: Eight
Officers died of wounds: Twelve
Officers wounded: Eighty-one
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1792: Valmy
1793: Hondschoote and Wattignies
1794: Fleurus and Aldenhoven
1796: Schweinfurth, Hirschaid, Bamberg, Wurtzbourg,
and Neuwied
1800: Stokach, Engen, Moeskirch, Biberach, Hochstett,
and Hohenlinden
1805: Caldiero and Tagliamento
1807: Heilsberg
1809: Essling and Wagram
1812: La Moskowa
1813: Leipzig and Hanau
1814: Vauchamps
1815: Quatre-Bras and Waterloo
Battle Honours
Fleurus 1794, Wagram 1809, La Moskowa 1812, and
Hanau 1813
9e Regiment de Cuirassiers.
Originally formed as the Regiment de Villars in 1666, in
1686 it became the Regiment d'Anjou. The year 1753 saw it
become the Regiment d'Aquitaine and then the Regiment
d'Artois in 1761. The 9e Regiment de Cavalerie came into
existance in 1791 and finally in 1803 it became the 9e
Regiment de Cuirassiers.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: De Bourbon-Busset (Louis-Antoine-Paul) -
Colonel
1792: Badda de Bodsalva (Gabriel) - Colonel
1792: Loubat de Bohan (Jean-Claude) - Colonel
1793: De Nasouty (Etienne-Marie-Antoine Champion) -
Chef-de-Brigade.
1799: Doumerc (Jean-Pierre) - Chef-de-Brigade and
Colonel in 1803
1806: Paultre de Lamotte (Pierre-Louis-Francois) -
Colonel
1811: De Murat-Sistrieres () - Colonel
1813: Habert (Jean-Nicolas) - Colonel
1814: Bigarne (Francois) - Colonel
The officers who reached the rank of General de
Brigade and above were:
Loubat de Bohan, (Jean-Claude)
Born: 28 November 1754
Colonel: 29 October 1792
General-de-Brigade: 20 May 1793
Member of the Legion d'Honneur: 6 November 1805
Died: 12th October 1832
De Nansouty, (Etienne-Marie-Antoine Champion)
Born: 30 May 1768
Chef-de-Brigade: 9 November 1793
General-de-Brigade: 29 August 1799
General-de-Division: 24 March 1803
Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 25 December
1805
Grand Eagle of the Legion d'Honneur: 11 July 1807
Count of the Empire: 27 July 1808
Died: 12th February 1815
Doumerc, (Jean-Pierre)
Born: 7 October 1767
Chef-de-Brigade: 3 September 1799
Colonel: 1803
General-de-Brigade: 31 December 1806.
General-de-Division: 30 November 1811
Chevalier of theLegion d'Honneur: 11 December 1804
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 25 December
1805
Baron of the Empire: 2 August 1808
Died: 29 March 1847
Paultre de Lamotte, (Pierre-Louis-Francois)
Born: 3 February 1774
Colonel: 31 December 1806.
General-de-Brigade: 6 August 1811
Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur: 25 March 1804
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 11 July 1807
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 17 August 1814
Baron of the Empire:
Died: 6 June 1840
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 9e
Regiment de Cuirassiers.
Colonel Loubat de Bohan: Wounded 30 March 1793
Colonel Paultre de Lamotte: Wounded 14 June 1807 &
6 July 1809
Colonel Murat-Sistrieres: Wounded 7 September 1812
& 26/27 August 1813
Colonel Habert: Wounded 16/18 October 1813
Colonel Bigarne: Wounded 18 June 1815
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 9e
Cuirassiers during the period 1805-1815.
Officers killed: Ten
Officers died of wounds: Five
Officers wounded: Sixty-four
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1792: Limbourg
1793: Oberflersheim, Landau, and Gambsheim
1794: La Rehutte and Schwegenheim
1796: Neresheim and Biberach
1800: Hochstett and Hohenlinden
1805: Austerlitz
1806: Jena
1807: Friedland
1809: Eckmuhl, Ratisbonne, and Wagram
1812: Ostrowno, La Moskowa, and Winkowo
1813: Lutzen, Bautzen, Dresden, and Leipzig
1814: Saint-Dizier, Brienne, La Rothiere, Champaubert,
Vauchamps, Craonne, and Fere- Champenoise
1815: Ligny and Waterloo
Battle Honours
Hohenlinden 1800, Austerlitz 1805, La Moskowa
1812, and Fleurus 1815
10e Regiment de Cuirassiers.
Created in 1643 by the Comte de Balthazard and entitled
Royal Cravates, in 1791 the Regiment became the 10e Regiment
de Cavalerie and in 1803 the 10e Regiment de
Cuirassiers.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade.
1791: Randon de Pully, (Charles-Joseph) -
Colonel
1792: De la Turmeliere, (Marc-Pierre) - Colonel
1793: De Grave, (?) - Chef-de-Brigade.
1794: Ossvald, (Christophe) - Chef-de-Brigade.
1795: Dubouchat, (Gaspard) - Chef-de-Brigade.
1797: Lataye, (Pierre-Francois) - Chef-de-Brigade and
Colonel in 1803
1806: L'Heritier, (Samuel-Francois) - Colonel
1809: Frank, (Louis-Bernard) - Colonel
1812: De la Huberdiere, (Pierre-Adrien) - Colonel
Four of the above Colonels became General-de-Brigade
and above.
Randon de Pully, (Charles-Joseph)
Born: 18 August 1751
Colonel: 5 February 1792
General-de-Brigade: 19 September 1792
General-de-Division: 8 March 1793
Member of the Legion d'Honneur: 7 December 1803
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 June 1804
Grand officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 23 August
1814
Count of the Empire: 15 August 1809
Died: 20 April 1820
Ossvald, (Christophe)
Born: 25 March 1737
Chef-de-Brigade: 21 March 1794
General-de-Brigade: 22 June 1794
Died: ?
Lataye, (Pierre-Francois)
Born: 14 March 1755
Chef-de-Brigade: 22 April 1797
Colonel: 24 August 1805
General-de-Brigade: 5 October 1806.
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 25 December
1805
Baron of the Empire: 10 February 1809
Died: 24 February 1827
L'Heritier, (Samuel-Francois)
Born: 6 August 1772
Colonel: 5 October 1806.
General-de-Brigade: 21 July 1809
General-de-Division: 15 March 1813
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 May 1807
Baron of the Empire: May 1808
Died: 23 August 1829
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 10e
Regiment de Cuirassiers.
Colonel L'Heritier: Wounded 8 February 1807, 22
May 1809, 11 July 1809
Officers killed and wounded whist serving with the 10e
Cuirassiers during the period 1805-1815.
Officers killed: Eleven
Officers died of wounds: Seven
Officers wounded: Fifty-eight
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1792: Valmy
1794: Kirchheimboland, Gosselies, and Fleurus
1795: Kreutznach
1796: Giessen and Neuwied
1799: Offenbourg
1800: Erlach and Hohenlinden
1805: Austerlitz
1806: Jena
1807: Eylau and Hoff
1809: Eckmuhl and Wagram
1812: La Moskowa
1813: Leipzig
1814: Hambourg
1815: Waterloo
Battle Honours
Fleurus 1794, Austerlitz 1805, Eckmuhl 1809, and
La Moskowa 1812
11e Regiment de Cuirassiers.
Created in 1665 from the Regiment de Montclair which had
existed between the years 1652 and 1661. In 1668, the
Regiment became Royal-Roussillon and in 1791 the 11e
Regiment de Cavalerie. Finally in 1803 the 11e Regiment de
Cuirassiers.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: De Lardemelle, (Toussaint-Joseph) -
Colonel
1792: Ligonier, (Francois) - Colonel
1792: Clapiers de Collongues,
(Jacques-Auguste-Michel-Marie) - Colonel
1794: Desbordelieres, (Anne-Marie-Louis-Guillot) -
Chef-de-Brigade.
1801: Fouler, (Albert-Louis-Emmanuel) -
Chef-de-Brigade and Colonel in 1803
1806: Brancas, (Antoine-Constant-Dioville) -
Colonel
1809: Duclaux, (Pierre) - Colonel
1813: Lefebvre, (Francois-Nicolas) - Colonel
1815: Courtier, (Eleonore-Ambroise) - Colonel
Three of the above became Generals.
De Lardemelle, (Toussaint-Joseph)
Born: 14 September 1734
Colonel: 25 July 1791
General-de-Brigade: 10 June 1792
Died: 12th November 1806
Fouler, (Albert-Louis-Emmanuel)
Born: 9 February 1769
Chef-de-Brigade: 20 November 1801
Colonel: 1803
General-de-Brigade: 31 December 1806.
General-de-Division: 23 March 1814
Grand Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 19 March
1815
Count of the Empire: 16 September 1808
Died: 17 June 1831
Duclaux, (Pierre)
Born: 2 December 1775
Colonel: 1 June 1809
General-de-Brigade: 3 September 1813
Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur: 25 March 1804
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 March 1806.
Baron of the Empire: 21 November 1810
Died: 18 August 1828
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 11e
Regiment de Cuirassiers.
Colonel Clapiers: Killed 22 June 1794
Colonel de Brancas: Wounded 21 May 1809
Colonel Courtier: Wounded 18 June 1815
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 11e
Cuirassiers during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Fourteen
Officers died of wounds: Eight
Officers wounded: Sixty-eight
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1793: Pirmasens
1794: Kayserslautern
1797: Passage of the Tagliamento
1800: Hohenlinden
1805: Austerlitz
1807: Eylau and Friedland
1809: Eckmühl, Ratisbonne and Essling
1812: La Moskowa, Winkowo, and Tholoschinn
1813: Dresden and Leipzig
1814: Laon
1815: Ligny and Waterloo
Battle Honours
Hohenlinden 1800, Austerlitz 1805, Eckmuhl 1809,
and La Moskowa 1812
12e Regiment de Cuirassiers.
Created in 1668 from numerous regiments, it became the
12e Regiment de Cavalerie in 1791 and in 1803 the 12e
Regiment de Cuirassiers.
Colonels and Chef-de-Brigade
1791: De Lanay de Vallerie, (Charles-Michel) -
Colonel
1792: Tauzia de la Litterie, (Francois-Durand) -
Colonel
1793: Vrigny, (?) - Chef-de-Brigade.
1793: Colart, (Jean-Baptiste) - Chef-de-Brigade.
1795: Verreaux, (Jean) - Chef-de-Brigade.
1796: Belfort, (Jacques-Renard) - Chef-de-Brigade and
Colonel in 1803
1805: Dornes, (Joseph) - Colonel
1809: De Curnieu, (Jean-Louis-Matheron) - Colonel
1813: Daudies, (Michel-Jean-Paul) - Colonel
1815: Thurot, (Charles-Nicolas) - Colonel
The 12e Cuirassiers produced two Generals.
Belfort, (Jacques-Renard)
Born: 26 December 1753
Chef-de-Brigade: 1 May 1796.
Colonel: 1803
General-de-Brigade: 24 December 1805
Commander of the Legion d'Honneur: 25 December1805
Baron of the Empire: 18 June 1809
Died: 18 January 1819
Dornes, (Joseph)
Born: 28 January 1760
Colonel: 27 December 1805
General-de-Brigade: 3 August 1809
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 14 May 1807
Baron of the Empire: 19 March 1809
Died: 29 December 1812
Colonels killed and wounded while in command of the
12e Cuirassiers.
Colonel De Curnier: Wounded 21 November 1812
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 12e
Cuirassiers during the period 1805-1815
Officers killed: Twenty five
Officers died of wounds: Nine
Officers wounded: Fifty seven
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1793: Stromberg, Alzey, Brumpt, Haguenau, and
Gambsheim
1794: Rehutte and Schweigenheim
1795: Frankenthal
1796: Mindelheim
1797: Passage of the Rhine
1799: Blockade of Philippsbourg
1800: Moeskirch and Hohenlinden
1805: Wertingen, Elchingen, Hollabrunn, and
Austerlitz
1806: Jena
1807: Heilsberg and Friedland
1809: Eckmuhl, Ratisbonne, Essling, and Wagram
1812: Mohilew, La Moskowa, and Winkowo
1813: Bautzen, Reichenbach, Jauer, Dresden, Wachau,
and Leipzig
1814: La Rothiere, Rosnay, Champaubert, Vauchamps,
Valjouan, Athies, Reims, Fere- Champenoise, and Paris
1815: Ligny and Waterloo
Battle Honours
Austerlitz 1805, Jena 1806, and La Moskowa
1812
13e Regiment de Cuirassiers.
Created in 1807 as the 1er Regiment Provisoire de Grosse
Cavalerie which had been formed from existing Cuirassier and
Carabinier Regiments. It became the 13e Regiment de
Cuirassiers in 1808
Colonels
1807: D'Aigremont (Guillaume-Francois) - Colonel
of the 1er Regiment Provisoire de Grosse Cavalerie.
1808: D'Aigremont (Guillaume-Francois) - Colonel
1813: Bigarne (Francois) - Colonel
Only one officer to become a General
D'Aigremont, (Guillaume-Francois)
Born: 1 April 1770
Colonel: 1er Regiment Provisoire de Grosse Cavalerie:
6 December 1807
Colonel:13e Cuirassiers: 13th February 1808
General-de-Brigade: 10 April 1813
Officer of the Legion d'Honneur: 8 July 1809
Baron of the Empire: 25 May 1811
Died: 7 January 1827
Colonels killed and wounded while commanding the 13e
Regiment de Cuirassiers.
None.
Officers killed and wounded while serving with the 13e
Cuirassiers during the period 1805-1815.
Officers killed: Three
Officers died of wounds: Two
Officers wounded: Twenty-six
Regimental war record (Battles and Combats)
1808: Tudela and the Siege of Saragosse
(December 1808 - February 1809)
1809: Saragosse
1810: Villareal, Siege of Lerida, and
Margalef-Lerida
1811: Siege of Tarragone and Sagonte
1812: Castella
1813: Col d'Ordal
1814: Lyon
Battle Honours
Lerida 1810, Sagonte 1811, and Col d'Ordal 1813
14e Regiment
It is my intention to deal with the 14e Regiment de
Cuirassiers in an article on foreign regiments in the
service of France. The 14e Cuirassiers were incorporated
into French service in 1810, previously being the Dutch 2
Regiment of Cuirassiers.
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Placed on the Napoleon Series: July, 2000
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